Antique Master Print-GERARD-VAN-SWIETEN-PHYSICIAN-PORTRAIT-Haid-Leupold-1757

Name: Antique Master Print-GERARD-VAN-SWIETEN-PHYSICIAN-PORTRAIT-Haid-Leupold-1757
SKU: PICTURA-12762
Availability: InStock

€345.00

‘GERARDVS L. B. VAN SWIETEN AUGG. IMPERATORIS ET IMPERATRICIS A CONSILIIS ARCHIATER COM. BIBLIOTHECAE AUGUSTAE PRAEFECTUS, INCL. FAC. MED. VIENN. PRAESES PERPETUUS, ACAD. REG. SCIENT. ET DIV. PARIS. INSTIT. BONON. ET LIT. INCOGNIT. MEMBRUM. NAT. LUGD. BAT. VI NON. MAI MDCC.’ WITH CREDITS: ‘I. LEUPOLD PINX.’ AND ‘I. IAC. HAID SCULPS. ET EXC. A.V.”

– Half-length portrait of Gerard van Swieten seated before an architectural ledge, gesturing toward an open book placed beside him. The sitter wears an eighteenth-century wig and academic dress; books and papers symbolize his scholarly activity. The portrait is enclosed within a rectangular engraved frame with inscription panel below listing his titles and honors. Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772) was a Dutch physician and medical reformer who became personal physician to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Born in Leiden, he studied medicine under Hermann Boerhaave and later served as professor and physician in Vienna. Van Swieten played a crucial role in reforming Austrian medical education and public health and reorganized the Imperial Library in Vienna. He was a prominent Enlightenment scholar and member of several European scientific academies.

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SKU: PICTURA-12762 Categories: By Famous Engravers, Portraits-Figures Tag: Portrait

Description

Medium: Mezzotint (Schabkunst), printed in black on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23 x 36 cm (9.06 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 19.8 x 31.8 cm. (7.8 x 12.52 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soling and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GERARD VAN SWIETEN PORTRAIT, DUTCH PHYSICIAN ENLIGHTENMENT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, ISAAK LEUPOLD PORTRAIT, VIENNA MEDICAL REFORMER, 18TH CENTURY SCIENTIST PORTRAIT | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Johann Jakob Haid, Neue Sammlung von Bildnissen gelehrter um die Kirche, um das gemeine Wesen und um das Reich der Wissenschaften verdienter noch lebender Manner, Augsburg, 1757.

Reference: Wellcome Collection 9027i; R. Burgess, Portraits of Doctors & Scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2861.1.

Biography engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767) was a German engraver, mezzotint specialist, publisher, and art dealer active in Augsburg. He was among the most important German practitioners of mezzotint in the eighteenth century. Haid produced numerous portraits of European nobility, scholars, clergy, and officials, often after paintings by contemporary artists. Through his publishing house he distributed portrait prints widely across the German states, contributing significantly to the popularity of mezzotint portraiture in Central Europe.

Biography artist: Isaak Leupold (1679-1751) was a German mathematician, engineer, and instrument maker active in Leipzig. Known for his works on mechanics and scientific instruments, he authored several influential technical treatises including Theatrum Machinarum. His designs and portraits were occasionally used as models for engravings depicting notable scholars and scientists.